token

1a round piece of metal or plastic used instead of money to operate some machines or as a form of paymenta parking token

2(British English)a piece of paper that you pay for and that somebody can exchange for something in a shop/storea £20 book/record/gift token

3a piece of paper that you can collect when you buy a particular product and then exchange for somethingCollect six tokens for a free T-shirt.

4something that is a symbol of a feeling, a fact, an event, etc.synonymexpression,markPlease accept this small gift as a token of our gratitude.We hope you will accept this book as a small token of our appreciation.

Word OriginOld Englishtāc(e)n, of Germanic origin; related to Dutchteken and GermanZeichen, also to teach.Idioms